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The Commission for 
Relief in Belgium, 

71 Broadway, New York 

Official Clearing-House for the Relief 
in Belgium 



LINDON W. BATES. 

Vice- Chairman . 

ROBERT D. McCARTER, 

Honorary Secretary. 



General Instructions 

For Making Contributions of Food, 
Clothing and Money 



Second Edition 



Purpose of Commission 
Members and Officers 



State Committee Executives 



U. S. Parcel Post and Express Instructions 

State Assembling Depots 

Instructions for Shipping to Ports 

Woman's Section 



F. 134—4136 



January 1st, 1915 
Revised to February 1st, 1915 



The Commission for Relief in Belgium AJ^ y^ 

EXECUTIVE OFFICES '^ ' ' 

71 Broadway, New York 

Tel. Rector 8125 

This Commission concerns the governments of seven countries. It was 
created to carry out an agreement entered into between the various belligerent 
forces, providing for the import of foodstuffs to the civil population in Belgium. It 
conducts its affairs under numerous diplomatic, naval and military conventions. 

This Commission is entirely neutral. Its working members are drawn from 
the business communities in the United States, England and Belgium. It has 
offices in London, New York, Rotterdam and Brussels. 

The Commission works in co-operation wath the Comite National de Secours 
et'^d' Alimentation, whose headquarters are in Brussels, with branches [throughout 
Belgium. These branches usually embrace the local officials. The Comite in 
Brussels, in co-operation with American officers of this Commission, attend^to the 
entire distribution of food to the people. 

The functions of the Commission are as follows: 

1. To secure foodstuffs from any quarter. Supplies are being procured by: 
(a). Various independent organizations and committees in all parts of the 

world ; 
(b). Committees appointed by this Commission; 
(c). Direct contribution from firms and individuals; 
(d). Purchases by this Commission. 

2. To provide transportation from any centre in the world into Belgium. 
The Commission has ships en route to and from the United States, India, Canada, 
etc. The shipping is managed entirely free of charge by Messrs. Birt, Potter & 
Hughes, Ltd., and Messrs. Trinder, Anderson & Co., of London, and Messrs. 
Norton, Lilly & Co., of New York. 

3. The Commission undertakes the guardianship of the foodstuffs from 
molestation throughout the belligerent area. The supplies are issued from the 
principal and branch stations of the Commission in Belgium into the hands of the 
"Comite National de Secours et d'AIimentation" for detailed distribution. 

It will be understood that the task of provisioning over seven million people 
for a period of many months, requiring the despatch of a shipload of food every 
other day, constitutes the largest commissary undertaking that the world has ever 
seen and demands the closest co-operation. It concerns a country wliere war is in 
progress, and most stringent conditions are imposed by the various governments. 

This booklet outlines the primary basis for nation-wide co-operation in this 
great work. A close adhesion to its instructions is indispensable to the effective 
assembling and handling of shipments. 

The Commission desires more particularly non-perishable foodstuffs, new 
blankets and new clothes. From the States not as yet officially organized and rep- 
resented by a recognized committee, it desires contributions of either foodstuffs or 
money by check or postoffice order. It applies 1 00 % of such donations to the 
purchases of food, preferably in the States where donated, if obtainable at advan- 
tageous cost. 

LiNDON W. Bates, 



Vice. Chairman. 



Robert D. McCarter. 

Hon. Secretary. 



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The Commission for Relief in Belgium 



COMPRISING 

AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM. 

SPANISH COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM. 

ITALIAN COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM. 

COMITE NATIONAL DE SECOURS ET D'ALIMENTATION. 

Honorary Chairmen. 

HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR DON ALFONSO MERRY DEL 
VAL Y ZULUETA, The Spanish Ambassador in London. 

HIS EXCELLENCY BRAND WHITLOCK, 
The American Minister in Brussels. 

HIS EXCELLENCY HENRY VAN DYKE, 
The American Minister in The Hague. 

HIS EXCELLENCY WALTER HINES PAGE, 

The American Ambassador in London. 

HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES GERARD, 
The American Ambassador in Berlin. 

HIS EXCELLENCY LE MARQUIS DE VILLALOBAR, 
The Spanish Minister in Brussels. 

HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM G. SHARP, 

The American Ambassador in Paris. 



Chairman. 
HERBERT HOOVER. 

Vice-Chairmen. 
*SENOR DON JOSE CONGOSTO, London. 
DANIEL HEINEMAN, Brussels. 
COLONEL MILLARD HUNSIKER, London. 
LINDON WALLACE BATES, New York. 

Honorary Secretaries. 
MILLARD SHALER, London. 
WILLIAM HULSE, Brussels. 
SENOR DON JOSE ROURA, London. 
ROBERT D. McCARTER, New York. 

Executive Committee. 
London — 

COLONEL MILLARD HUNSIKER. 
EDGAR RICKARD. 
EDGAR SENGIER. 
MILLARD SHALER. 
JOHN BEAVER WHITE. 
CLARENCE GRAFF. 

Brussels — 

DANIEL HEINEMAN. 
WILLIAM' HULSE. 
HUGH S. GIBSON. 
JAR VIS E. BELL. 

Rotterdam — 

CAPTAIN J. F. LUCEY. 
MARSHALL LANGHORNE. 

New York — 

LINDON W. BATES. 
ROBERT D. McCARTER. 
WILL IRWIN. 

Rome — 

GELASIO CAETANI. 



■ Executive Officers, New York. 

LINDON W. BATES, Vice-Chairman. 
ROBERT D. McCARTER, Hon. Secretary. 



Members. 

BEN S. ALLEN. Londox. 

D. S. CHAMBERLAIN, Des Moines. 

W. H. CROCKER, San Francisco. 

J. W. DICKSON, London. 

SENOR DON ALFONSO DE ZULUETA. 

WM. E. EDGAR, Minneapolis. 
♦ALEXANDER HEINGARTNER, LiEGB. 
*C. B. HURST, Antwerp. 

SENOR DON NICASIO JAURALDE. 
* HENRY A. JOHNSON, Ostendb. 
*SOREN LISTOE, Rotterdam. 

W. ROSCOE STUBBS, Lawrence, Kan. 
*ROBERT P. SKINNER, London. 
*J. A. VAN HEE, Ghent. 
*ETHELBERT WATTS, Brussels. 

GENERAL ARSENE PERRILLIAT, New Orlkaks. 

THEODORE B. WILCOX, Portland. 
*SEN0R FRANCISCO YEBRA, Antwerp. 

C. A. YOUNG, Rotterdam. 

* American or Spanish Consul. 



Auditors and Accountants. 

DELOITTE, PLENDER, GRIFFITHS k CO., 

New York and London. 



Bankers. 

GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY. 

140 BroadwaYj New York. 



Legal Counsellor, 

WILLIAM EDWIN HALL, 

fiO Wall Street, New York. 



STATE COM MITTEE EXECUTIVES 

Alabama — 

Arizona — 

Arkansas — J. S. Pollack, Litde Rock, Ark. 

California — W. H. Crocker, Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco. C. F. 

Colorado — [Michael, San Francisco. 

Connecticut — Anson T. McCook, 50 State Street, Hartford. 

Delaware — David T. Marvel, Dupont Building, Wilmington. 

District of Columbia — Capt. E. J. Dorn, U. S. N., 425 Eleventh St., Washington. 

Florida — 

Georgia — Dr. F. H. May, Atlanta. 

Idaho — Stanley Easton, Kellogg, Idaho. 

Illinois — William J. Chalmers, Edison Building, Chicago. Everett L. Millard, 69 

Washington St., Chicago. Arthur T. Aldis, Monadock Block, Chicago. 
Indiana — 

Iowa — D. S. Chamberlain, Des Moines. 
Kansas — Hon. W. R. Stubbs, Topeka. 
Kentucky — 

Louisiana — Gen. Arsene Perrilliat, 422 Hibemia Building, New Orleans. 
Maine — C. S. Hichbom, Augusta. 
Maryland — J. G. Whiteley, 406 Maryland Trust Building, Baltimore. Miss Mary 

B. Shearer, 905 North Charles St., Baltimore. 
Massachusetts — Charles S. Rackemann, Sec'y. 75 Ames Building, Boston. Redington 
Michigan — [ Fisk, 426 Boylston St., Boston. 

Minnesota— E. P. Well, 432 Security Bank Building, Minneapolis. 
Mississippi — 
Missouri — 

Montana — Gov. H. B. Stevs^art, Helena. 
Nebraska — J. E. Miller, State House, Lincoln. 
Nevada — 

New Hampshire — General Frank S. Streeter, Concord. 
New Jersey — 

New Mexico — G. H. Van Stone, Sante Fe. 

New York — The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 7 1 Broadw^ay, New York. 
North Carolina — S. Westray Battle, Asheville. 
North Dakota — Gov. L. B. Hanna, Bismarck. 
Ohio — Edward Drummond Libbey, Nicholas Building, Toledo. O. K. Shimansky, 

SecretEiry, Board of Commerce Building, Columbus. 
Oklahoma — Gov. Robert L. Williams, Oklahoma City. 
Oregon — Samuel Hill, Theodore B. Wilcox, Portland. 
Pennsylvania — Albert Cross, 1524 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 
Rhode Island — 

South Carolina — Bruce W. Ravenel, 1 40 1 Palmetto Building, Columbia. 
South Dakota — Gov. Frank M. Byrne, Pierre. 
Tennessee — 
Texas — 
Utah- 
Vermont — Charles S. Rackemann, Sec'y. 75 Ames Building, Boston. Redington 
Virginia — Col. H. M. Boykin, Richmond. [ Fisk, 426 Boylston St., Boston. 

Washington — 1 i r>k i ( Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Seattle. 

( J. U. Lowman j 

West Virginia — 

Wisconsin — E. P. Arpin, Grand Rapids. A. D. Campbell, Milwaukee. 

Wyoming — 

Hawaii— W. R. Castle, Honolulu. 

5ee page 1 6 for State Committee Executives of Woman's Section 

Where there is no State Chairman, communicate directly with The Commission 
for Relief in Belgium, 7 1 Broadway, New York. 

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Parcel Post 



December 1st. 1914. Washington, D. C. 

Postmaster: You are directed to post this placard in 
the lobby of your postoffice. ^ S. Burleson, 

Postmaster-General. 

The Commission for Relief in Belgium, headquarters, 
71 Broadway, New York, has undertaken to transport free 
of charge, from all points in the United States, donations of 
food and other suitable supplies destined for the relief of 
the suffering non-combatants in Belgium. Since the Par- 
cel Post regulations prevent the sending of parcels collect, 
this free offer of transportation must take the form of a 
return to the senders of the money spent in prepaying the 
postage. If you desire to aid the millions of men, women 
and children now in desperate straits, enclose your donation 
in a strong package or box, and attach securely, addressed 
to our nearest inland forwarding agent (see list on page 9), 
a tag made out as follows: 

r 



ABC 



STAMPS 



The Commission for Relief in Belgium 
Care of 



Forwarding Agent. 



City 
State 



(From) 

Name of Donor 

Address 

City . State . 

Contents 

Weight Value 



These tags can be obtained by applying to any for- 
warding agent or at the office of The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York. 

If you wish to take advantage of our offer to return 
your postage add on shipping tag in the upper right-hand 
corner, on the address side of the tag, the letter *'R," viz., 
1 AB c I R. If the letter *'R" does not appear we will not 

S 



(Front) 



(Back) 



(Front) 



(Back) 



return postage paid by you, but will apply same in buying 
more foodstuffs. Refund will not be made if stamps are 
placed on packag^-THEY MUST BE ON THE TAG. 
Under no circumstances put marks or messages other than those 
above given in or on any package. 

Because of the disproportionate expense it involves, the 
Commission cannot undertake to return postage on parcels 
w^eighing less than tv^enty (20) pounds. 

The supplies needed are non-perishable foodstuffs: flour» 
wheat, rice, coffee, peas, beans, canned goods, cured or 
salted meats ; also new blankets and new clothes. PARCEL 
POST CHARGES ON PACKAGES OF SECOND- 
HAND CLOTHES WILL NOT BE REFUNDED BY 
THE COMMISION. 

The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 

7 1 Broadway, New York City. 



Express Parcels 



Through the courtesy of the various express companies 
The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New 
York City, has arranged that any contributions may be sent 
to Belgium without cost to the donor. If you desire to aid 
the millions of non-combatants — men, women and children — 
suffering and starving, simply deposit your donation in pack- 
ages, extra strongly packed, in any express company's office, 
with a tag attached, made up as follows and addressed to our 
nearest forwcirding agent. (See list on page 9.) 



^^ 












AB C 


Charge* Collect 2/3 rate 


o 




The C 
Car 

City . . . 


ommission for Relief in Belgium 
e of 




Forwarding- Agent. 

St. 

. State 



(From) 

Name of Donor 

Address 

City 

Contents 

Weight lbs. Value $. 



State. 



Put no other marks or messages in or on the packages. In 
order that we may acknowledge and follow up shipment, 
send on same day to The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 
71 Broadway, New York City, a postcard giving date of 
shipment, office where deposited, express company, contents, 
approximate value, and your name and address. 

The supplies most needed are non-perishable foodstuffs: 
flour, wheat, rice, coffee, peas, beans, canned goods, cured 
©r salted meats. New blankets and new clothes are wel- 
comed. EXPRESS CHARGES ON PACKAGES OF 
SECOND-HAND CLOTHES MUST BE PREPAID 
AND WILL NOT BE REFUNDED BY THE COM- 
MISSION. 



Robert D. McCarter, 

Hon. Secretary. 



Lindon W. Bates, 
Vice-Chairman. 



TO THE AGENT: 

Packages described above will be accepted by you and 
billed collect at two-thirds of the regular charge to the for- 
warding agent at the point nearest to your office, where the 
shipments are to be assembled for forwarding by freight. 

Adams Express Co., Southern Express Co., 

American Express Co., Great Northern Express Co., 

Wells-Fargo Express Co., Northern Express Co. 



State Assembling Depots 

In every State one or more concentrating depots, in 
charge of an efficient forwarding agent, have been established 
by the Commission. At such depots express, parcel post and 
small freight shipments donated locally will be made into 
carload lots for shipment to the seaboard terminal. The list 
of these concentrating points and forwarding agents is shown on 
page 9. 

1 . Forwarding agents at concentrating depots wall store Authorized 
shipments coming in, advising The Commission for Relief in Agents. 
Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York City, by telegraph col- 



Inland 

Concentrating 

Points. 



Assembling 
Depots. 



Storage. 



Routing to 
Seaboard. 



Freight and 

Express 

Charges. 



Reports to 
New York. 



Storage 
Charges. 



Classification, 



Release of 
Liability. 



Return of 
Stamps. 



Parcel Post] 
Tags. 



Consignor Address Contents Weight 



lect, also his State committee executive, when each carload i» 

nearly made up, so that it may be immediately dealt with. 

2. The State Committee Executive will advise routing 
of such carloads, but if he has not given definite advices 
within three days. The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 7 1 
Broadway, New York City, wall give the necessary instruc- 
tions, if so requested. 

* 3. Forwarding agents on receipt of goods will O. K. 
the freight or express charges, returning the bill to the carrier, 
who will collect payment in New York on presentation of 
the bill with the O. K. of the shipping agent. 

4. Forwarding agents will send to The Commission for 
Relief in Belgium, 7 1 Broadway, New York City, a weekly 
report on "Parcels Receipt Form" as follows: 

Collect 
Charges 

5. Forwarding agents, where their services are not do- 
nated, will send a bill for their services when each carload 
goes forward. 

6. Forwarding agents, if the bulk of shipments war- 
rants, will so segregate the different classes of goods that the 
lowest freight classification is secured. 

7. Forwarding agents are authorized in cases where 
carrier donates free transportation to sign release to railroad of 
carrier's liability. 

8. Donors sending their contribution by parcel post 
must, under the postal regulations, prepay the charges. The 
Commission will, however, return the sums spent for stamps 
where the donors use a tag made out in the prescribed way 
on pages 5 and 6. 

Forwarding agents where parcel post packages are 
received will detach the tag with stamps on it and send it 
to The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York, with the "Package Receipt" report on which 
receipt is scheduled. When stamps are pasted upon the 
covering of parcel post packages do not send us stamps for 
refund. Send only detached tags made up as on page 3. 
Mark with the letter R. . 



State Assembling Depots 

FORWARDING AGENTS 

Authorized to receive parcel post, express and small freight shipments to be 
made into carload lots for shipment to seaboard : 

Alabama 

Magnolia Compress & Warehouse Co Mobile 

Warrant Warehouse Co Birmingham 

Arizona 

Pioneer Transfer Co . Phoenix 

Arkansas 

Terminal Warehouse Co Little Rock 

California 

Shattuck & Nimmo Warehouse Co Los Angeles 

Haslett Warehouse Co San Francisco 

Colorado 

Benedict Warehouse & Transfer Co Denver 

Connecticut 

H. T. Smith Express Co , Meriden 

A. Brazos & Sons, Inc . Middletown 

Bill Bros. Co Hartford 

Delaware 

Chas. Warner Co Wilmington 

District of Columbia 

Littlefield, Alvord & Co _ Washington 

Florida 

Wiesenfeld Warehouse Co Jacksonville 

Georgia 

Belgium Relief Committee, Warehouse 1 4 Houston St Atlanta 

Idaho 

Peasley Transfer & Storage Co Boise 

Illinois 

Sibley Warehouse & Storage Co , Chicago 

Glynn's Fireproof Storage Cairo 

Indiana 

Tripp Warehouse Co ^ Indianapolis 

Iowa 

Merchants Transfer & Storage Co Des Moines 

Ewert & Richter Express & Storage Co Davenport 

Morningside Dray & Auto Co Sioux City 

Calders Van & Storage Co Cedar Rapids 

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Kansas 

City Transfer & Storage Co , Hutchinson 

Bryan Transfer and Storage Co Wichita 

Kentucky 

Kelly Storage & Distributing Co Lexington 

Crutcher Bros. Co., 1 24 East Main Street Louisville 

Louisiana 

Arsene Perrilliat, Press Street Landing New Orleans 

Maine 

Henry McLaughlin & Co Bangor 

Maryland 

The Canton Company Baltimore 

B. R. F. Election House, Division St Salisbury 

Massachusetts 

New England Belgian Relief Fund, 426 Boylston St Boston 

Taunton Teaming Co Taunton 

Bay State Storage & Warehouse Co Springfield 

Michigan 

Central Warehouse Co Saginaw 

Grand Rapids Association of Commerce Grand Rapids 

Minnesota 

Boyd Transfer & Storage Co., Minneapolis 

Mississippi 

Hattiesburg Furniture Co Hattiesburg 

Missouri 

Goddard Grocery Co., 41 3 South 7th St St. Louis 

Springfield Warehouse & Transfer Co Springfield 

Adams Transfer & Storage Co Kansas City 

Montana 

Jones Transfer Co Butte 

Foster-Baker Transfer & Storage Co Billings 

Nebraska 

Omaha Van & Storage Co., 806 S. 16th St Omaha 

Carter Transfer & Storage Co. , Lincoln 

Nevada 

Nevada Transfer Co Reno 

New Hampshire 

Wood Bros Portsmouth 

New Jersey 

Walter H. Rickey, 23 W. State St Trenton 

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New Mexico 

Springer Transfer Co Albuquerque 

New York 

The Commission for Relief in Belgium. .Bush Terminal, So. Bklyn., N. Y. 

Security Storage & Warehouse Co Albany 

Buffalo Storage & Carting Co Buffalo 

Flagg Storage Warehouse Co Syracuse 

North Carolina 

Asheville Transfer & Storage Co Asheville 

North Dakota 

Union Transfer Co Fargo 

J. B. Reed Storage & Transfer Co Minot 

Ohio 

Buckeye Transfer & Storage Co Columbus 

B. & O. S. W. Warehouse Co Cincinnati 

General Cartage & Storage Co Cleveland 

Toledo Warehouse Co., I 309 Lagrange St Toledo 

Union Storage Co Dayton 

Springfield Transfer & Storage Co Springfield 

Oklahoma 

O. K. Transfer & Storage Co Oklahoma City 

Guthrie Transfer Co Guthrie 

Oregon 

Theodore B. Wilcox, Municipal Dock Portland 

Pennsylvania 

Union Storage Co ... , Pittsburgh 

Albert Cross, Ex. Secy. B. R. F., Pier 16 Philadelphia 

Erie Storage & Carting Co ... Erie 

Rhode Island 

Merchants Cold Storage & Warehouse Co Providence 

Andrews Express and Storage Warehouse Newport 

South Carolina 

The Carolina Co Charleston 

Manufacturers Warehouse Co Greenville 

South Dakota 

Blue Line 1 ransfer Co Pierre 

Sioux Falls Warehouse Co Sioux Falls 

Tennessee 

Nashville Warehouse & Elevator Co Nashville 

Chattanooga Warehouse & Cold Storage Co Chattanooga 

Texas 

Texas Warehouse Co., Inc Houston 

Scobey Fireproof Storage Co San Antonio 

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Texas — Continued 

Robert Frazier Waco 

Fort Worth Warehouse & Transfer Co Fort Worth 

Western Transfer & Storage Co EI Paso 

Dallas Transfer Co Dallas 

Utah 

Redman Fireproof Storage Co ... Salt Lake City 

Vermont 

C. H. Jillson Montpelier 

Virginia 

Jones & Co Norfolk 

Washington 

Carter Transfer Co Ellensburg 

Spokane Transfer & Storage Co Spokane 

Eyies Storage & Distributing Co Seattle 

G. F. Trowbridge Walla Walla 

West Virginia 

Citizens Transfer & Storage Co Parkersburg 

Wisconsin 

A. D. Campbell — ^All Railroad Freight Depots Milwaukee 

Wyoming 

Nearest Depot in adjoining States. 

The Commission acknowledges the courtesy of the American Chain of Warehouses. 



General Instructions for Shipping to Ports 

Marking. 1 . Mark every box, bale, bbl., sack or car-tag I a b c I. 

Do not permit any other marks or messages whatever in or on 
packages, and especially permit nothing mentioning an^ 
official oi any belligerent country, including Belgian officials. 
The most innocent communication or mark may be suspected 
of being a military code message and prevent the distribution 
of our entire consignment. 

Notification. 2. Notify The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 

Broadway, New York, by telegraph collect, when carload 
lots are ready to go forward, so that we can advise routing. 

Shipping 3. In shipping freight to seaboard, consign all goods to 

Papers. The Commission for Relief in Belgium, to nearest terminals 

named in list below. Original bill of lading and shipping 

papers should be sent to the agent at the port to which goods 

are consigned. Send two memorandum copies of bill of 

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lading to Traffic Dept., Commission for Relief in Belgium, 
71 Broadway. 

Special Instructions for Terminal Ports 

When we wire you to ship to — 

Boston, Mass. : Please consign goods to The Com- Q^^^f^"^^"^^ ^^ 
mission for Relief in Belgium, 'TOR EXPORT," sending 
papers to Port Agents, A. C. Lombard & Son, I 1 State 
Street, Boston, Mass. Send two non-negotiable copies of 
bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief 
in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

New York : 

Carload Shipments: 

Consign all carload shipments through to New 
York, N. Y., "LIGHTERAGE FREE, 
FOR EXPORT." 

Less Carload Shipments: 

Consign all less than carload shipments through 
to Bush Terminal, South Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Send all papers to The Commission for Relief in Bel- 
gium, 7 1 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Philadelphia : Consign through to The Commission 
for Relief in Belgium. 'TOR EXPORT," City Pier 16, 
Philadelphia, Pa., and send all papers to Port Agents, 
Gailey, Davis & Co., 316 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic 
Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

Baltimore : Consign goods through to The Commission 
for Relief in Belgium. "FOR EXPORT," care Canton R. 
R.. and send all papers to Port Agent. Mr. Walter Brooks, 
Canton Company, Baltimore, Md. Send two non-negotiable 
copies of bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for 
Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Newport News, Va. : Consign goods through to The 
Commission for Relief in Belgium, 'TOR EXPORT," 
sending all papers to Port Agents, Barber & Co., Newport 
News, Va. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading 
to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 
Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Norfolk, Va. : Consign goods through to The Commis- 
sion for Relief in Belgium. "FOR EXPORT." sending all 
papers to Port Agents. Barber & Co.. Norfolk, Va. Send 
two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic Dept., 
The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New 
York, N. Y. 

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Charleston : Consign goods through to The Commis- 
sion for Relief in Belgium. "FOR EXPORT," sending all 
papers to Port Agents, Carolina Company, Charleston, S. C. 
Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic 
Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

New Orleans : Consign goods through to The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending 
all papers to Port Agents, Norton, Lilly & Co., 711 Whit- 
ney Central Building, New Orleans, La. Send two non- 
negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic Dept., The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, New York, 
N. Y. 

Portland, Maine : Consign goods through to The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending 
all papers to Port Agents, The Robert Redford Co., Ltd., 
Portland, Maine. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of 
lading to Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 
7 1 Broadway, New York. N. Y. 

Portland, Oregon: Consign goods through to The 
Commission for Relief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," 
sending all papers to Port Agent, Mr. Theodore B. Wilcox, 
care of Portland Flouring Mills Company, Portland, Ore. 
Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic 
Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

Seattle, Wash. : Consign goods through to The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending 
all papers to Port Agents, Dodwell & Co., Seattle, Wash. 
Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic 
Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

San Pedro, Cal. : Consign goods through to The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT." sending 
all papers to Port Agents, Swayne & Hoyt, San Pedro, Cal. 
Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic 
Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broadway, 
New York. N. Y. 

San Francisco : Consign goods through to The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending 
all papers to Port Agents, Swayne & Hoyt, San Francisco, 
Cal. Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to 
Traffic Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 
Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

Tacoma, Wash. : Consign goods through to The Com- 
mission for Relief in Belgium, "FOR EXPORT," sending 
all papers to Port Agents, Dodwell & Co., Tacoma, Wash. 
Send two non-negotiable copies of bill of lading to Traffic 
Dept., The Commission for Relief in Belgium, 71 Broad- 
. way. New York, N. Y. 

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4. All Bills of Lading must be marked "FOR EX- Export 
PORT." 



5. State approximate value on B/L for customs clear- 
ance. Mark the contents plainly on each tag or package. 

6. Extra strong cases and packing indispensable. 

7. If shipments of perishable goods, such as potatoes 
and vegetables, are tendered, please notify Commission before 
assembling. At the present time arrangements have not been 
completed for transporting this class of food. When they 
are, due notice will be given. 

8. The greatest need is for wheat, flour, rice, coffee, 
peas, beans canned goods, cured or salted meats, dried apples 
and all non-perishable foodstuffs. New clothes and new 
blankets are acceptable as well. 

9. Such donations will not be transported by the 
steamers of this Commission until we have got sufficient food 
forward to meet the most pressing needs. 

1 0. Ship at once to the nearest port herein listed when 
you have been advised regarding routing except where offi- 
cial Committees may have otherwise arranged. Many of 
the railroad companies donate free transportation. Where 
this is not done, payment for freight is made in New York. 

Report by telegraph proposed shipments of grain in 
bulk to the Commission for shipping directions. 



Valuation. 



Packing. 

Perishable 
Goods. 



Supplies Most 
Needed. 



Old Clothing. 



Free 
Transportation. 



Bulk Grain. 



IDEAL BOX 



FOR INFANTS 
(Green Band) 

20 1 -lb. tins sweetened condensed milk, 

2 I -lb. tins patent barley flour, 

2 I -lb. cotton sacks rice, 

1 3-lb. sack rolled oats, 

I 3-lb. sack yellow corn meal, 

1 J-lb. sack salt, 

I can opener, 

1 box. 

Net weight of food, 30^ lbs.; gross 
weight of box, packed, 36j lbs. ; size of 
box, 1 8 x 1 2 x 6J inches. 

This will support one infant for four 
weeks. 



FOR WELL ADULTS 
(Red Band ) 

3 No. 3 tins beans, 

3 No. 1 tins pink Alaska salmon, 

1 5 -lb. cotton sack rolled oats, 

1 5 -lb. cotton sack yellow corn meal, 

1 5 -lb. cotton sack yellow split peas, 

1 2-lb. cotton sack granulated sugar, 

I 3-lb. sack 70/80 California prunes, 

I 7-lb. cotton sack wheat flour, 

I 1 -lb. cotton sack salt, 

1 can opener, 

1 box. 

Net weight of food, 38 J lbs.; grosf 
weight of box, packed, 48 lbs.; size 
of box, 1 7J X 1 I X I 1 inches. 

This will keep a family of four for 
two weeks. 

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THE WOMB'S SECTION Q 020 933 989 4 

THE COMMISSION FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM 

1 Madison Avenue, New York 

Mme. Havenith, Honorary Chairman 
Mrs. Liindon Bates, Chairman Miss Anne Morgan, Treasurer 



Mrs. August Belmont 
Mrs. Edward R. Hewitt 
Miss Marj' Parsons 



Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt 

Miss Maude Wetmore 

Miss Grace Parker, Secretary 



EXECUTIVE CO-OPERATING COMMITTEE 



PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL, ORGANIZATIONS 
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett 
Mrs. Carrie Cliapman Catt 
Mrs. Truman H. Newberry 
Mrs. Frederic Schoff 



National Council of Women 

International Woman's Suffrage Alliance 

Needlework Guild of America 

Congress of Mothers 

Daughters of American Revolution 

Girls' Friendly Society in America 

International Kindergarten Union 

Association of Collegiate Alumnae 

National Federation of Women Workers 



Mrs. \Vm. Gumming Story 

Miss Mary A. L. Neilson 

Mrs. Mary Boomer Page 

Miss Caroline L. Humphrey 

Mrs. Henry Oleshelmer 

Miss Maude Wetmore, Chairman 

National Civic Federation, Woman's Department 

Woman's National Rivers and Harbors Congress 

National Federation of College Women 

National Society of New England Women 

National Woman's Temperance Union 

National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild 

National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage 

Daughters of the Cincirnati 

National American Woman Suffrage Association 

Daughters of the Revolution 

National Council of Jewish Women 



Mrs. Joseph M. Strout 
Mrs. Wm. O. Thompson 
Mrs. Henry C. Coe 
Miss Anna A. Gordon 
Mrs. John W. Stewart 
Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge 
Miss Julia Chester Wells 
Rev. Anna II. Shaw 
Mrs. Clarence L. Bleakley 
Mrs. Nathaniel E. Harris 



PRESIDENTS OF STATE FEDERATIONS OF WOMEN'S CLUBS 



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I. J. Haley Alabama Mrs. 

John I. Moore Arkansas Mrs. 

S. J. Reynolds Delaware Mrs. 

Ellis Logan. .Dist. of. Columbia Mrs. 

W. S. Jennings ...Florida Mrs. 

Z. I. Fitzpatrick Georgia Mrs. 

Benj. B. Clark Iowa Mrs. 

C. B. Walker Kansas Mrs. 

Frederick P. Abbott Maine Mrs. 

Edward C. Wilson. .. .Maryland Mrs. 

R. H. Ashbaugh Michigan Mrs. 

J. J. McGrath Mississippi Mrs. 

W. R. Chivvis Missouri Mrs. 

Tyler B. Thompson. .. .Montana Mrs. 



Wm. T. Roper New Jersey 

Rupert F. Asplund.New Mexico 
Albert H. Hildreth. . .New York 

Tom Hope Oklahoma 

Samuel Semple. . . .Pennsylvania 
Wm. M. Congdon. .Rhode Island 

J. W. Allen South Carolina 

Zillah E. Wilson. .South Dakota 

Henry B. Fall Texas 

Emeline B. Wells Utah 

Geo. H. Smilie Vermont 

M. M. Caldwell Virginia 

R. L. Hutchinson. .West Virginia 
R. A. Morton Wyoming 



PRESIDENTS OF CITY ORGANIZATIONS 
James S. Cushman, Young Women's Christian Association of New York 

THE WOMAN'S SECTION 
State Chairmen 

Cyrus P. Orr, 2704 Highland Ave., Birmingham Alabama 

John I. Moore, Helena Arkansas 

William H. Crocker, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco California 

S. J. Reynolds, Smyrna Delaware 

W. S. Jennings, Jackscnville Florida 

Z. I. Fitzpatrick, Thomasville Georgia 

H. R. Allen, Wallace Idaho 

H. W. Spaulding, Grinnell Iowa 

C. B. Walker, Norton Kansas 

Luther E. Hall (Honorary), New Orleans I.,ouisiana 

Frederick W. Parham, 1429 Seventh St., New Orleans Louisiana 

Frederick P. Abbott, Saco Maine 

Edward C. Wilson, Bellona Ave., Govans Maryland 

R. H. Ashbaugh, 43 Boston Boulevard, Detroit Michigan 

GeoTge H. Partridge, 1 Groveland Ave., Minneapolis Minnesota 

J. J. McGrath, Canton Mississippi 

W. R. Chivvis, 4232 W. Pine Boulevard, St. Louis Missouri 

Tylar B. Thompson, Missoula Montana 

W. G. Langworthy-Taylor, 435 N. 25th St., Lincoln Nebraska 

Wm. T. Ropes, 19 Gates Ave., Montclair New Jersey 

S. C. Nutter, Clovis New Mexico 

Albert H. Hildreth, 752 Comstock Ave., Syracuse New York 

William O. Thompscn. Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio 

Tom Hope, 530 East 10th St., Ada Oklahoma 

Henrietta E. Failing, Portland Oregon 

Samuel Semple, Titusville Pennsylvania 

J. E. Bird, Watertown • South Dakota 

Henry B. Fall, Houston Texas 

Arthur E. Raze, Earlham Court, Tacoma. Washln.erton 

R. L. Hutchinson, 1509 6th Ave., Huntington West Virginia 

Archie Allison, Cheyenne Wyoming 

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